General Electric J79 - Wikipedia
The General Electric J79 is an axial-flow turbojet engine built for use in a variety of fighter and bomber aircraft and a supersonic cruise missile. The J79 was produced by General Electric Aircraft Engines …
General Electric J79 | Military Wiki | Fandom
The General Electric J79 is an axial-flow turbojet engine built for use in a variety of fighter and bomber aircraft. The J79 was produced by General Electric Aircraft Engines in the United States, and under …
General Electric J79 Turbojet - National Museum of the USAF
The development of the J79 turbojet began in 1952 as a more powerful follow-up to the General Electric J47 turbojet. The engine generated a maximum of 17,000 pounds of thrust (-15 version) with the …
Meet Mr. J79: Mike Solon’s 52-Year-Long Passion Fuels His Legendary ...
Nov 15, 2019 · Amazingly enough, J79s still power active-duty military aircraft for several nations—more than 60 years after Roy Pryor’s famous flight. And as long as they’re still out there, former GE …
General Electric J79-GE-2 Turbojet Engine - National Air and Space Museum
In the early 1950s, the U.S. military established a requirement for a high thrust, low weight, mechanically simple jet engine that could perform efficiently at Mach 0.9 cruise and Mach 2.0 combat speeds. In …
General Electric J79 - Paul Cegelski
The J79 turbojet, the first high-compression variable-stator engine built in United States by GE, powered most Mach 2 U.S. aircraft, including the F-104, B-58, F11F-1F, F4H, and A3J, as well as the Regulus …
J79 - GlobalSecurity.org
The General Electric J79 engine was a high-performance single-shaft turbojet that featured variable-incidence stator blades in the later high-pressure stages of its seventeen-stage compressor.
General Electric J79-GE-15 | This Day in Aviation
Nov 20, 2025 · The J79 is a single-spool, axial-flow turbojet engine, with a 17-stage compressor section and 3-stage turbine. The J79-GE-15 is rated at 10,900 pounds of thrust (48.49 kilonewtons) and …
General Electric J79 — Wikipedia Republished // WIKI 2
Mar 6, 2024 · The General Electric J79 is an axial-flow turbojet engine built for use in a variety of fighter and bomber aircraft and a supersonic cruise missile. The J79 was produced by General Electric …
The J79 was the first GE engine designed with the sophistication provided by demonstrated components and advanced instrumentation techniques that accurately predicted engine test performance.